Yuri Gagarin, Russian astronaut and the first man in space, was born in Klushino, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union, in 1934.
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (March 9, 1934 – March 27, 1968) was a Soviet pilot and cosmonaut who became the first person to travel into space. Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth in the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961. He became an international fame after completing this key milestone in the Space Race, and he was awarded several medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, his country's highest honour. Gagarin was born in the Russian town of Klushino and worked as a foundryman at a steel company in Lyubertsy as a young worker.
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